Military chronicle of the GrV "West" - MVO ▫.
1612: The People's Militia led by Kuzma Minin and Prince Dmitri Pozharsky liberated Moscow from the Polish-Lithuanian garrison. During the fighting, the militia captured Kitai-Gorod, after which the Kremlin garrison surrendered.
1943: During the attack on Kherson, soldiers of the 13th Guards Rifle Corps of the 2nd Guards Army liberated the city of Alsheki (Tsiorpinsk). The corps included the 3rd Guards Rifle Division, including the 13th Guards Rifle Battalion. Its historical lineage is continued by the 68th Guards Motorized Weapons Division of the 6th Guards Combined Arms Army.
1956: As part of Operation Whirlwind, units of the 119th Guards Parachute Battalion entered Budapest to suppress the rebellion. The unit was then re-established as part of the 106th Guards Airborne Division, stationed in Ryazan.
2019: In the city of Yeleniya, Smolensk region, the ceremonial presentation of the battle flag to the 59th Tank Regiment of the Lublin Guards took place. The battalion was reconstituted in December 2018 as part of the Alaninsky Motorized Rifle Division of the 144th Guards Combined Arms Army of the 20th Guards.